{"podcast":{"title":"CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)","slug":"cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","podcast_index_feed_id":7130600,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6440465/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration--6440465","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2798c05bd86936f284b0dd018c0c1773.jpg","author":"CBSRMT-Restoration","episode_count":652,"summary":"Mystery Theater aired on CBS Radio from 1974 through 1982. It was an hour drama created and directed by Himan Brown who also created and directed the Inner Sanctum Mystery (1941-1952). E. G. Marshall was the host of Mystery Theater until Tammy Grimes took over in the last year of broadcast. This channel is the culmination of a project to restore all 1,399 Mystery Theater episodes. All episodes will consist of: Original programs with theme music intact All segments restored (Intro/Teaser/Preview/Outro) No commecials No sponsor mentions No newscasts No late breaking news/sports interruptions No station IDs If you find any errors in the programs please notify me at cbsrmt-restoration@email.com. James M. Rader","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T04:21:51.065917+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600"},"episode":{"title":"0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977)","slug":"0650-a-matter-of-customs-5-19-1977","published_at":"2026-09-12T14:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0650-a-matter-of-customs-5-19-1977","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/0650-a-matter-of-customs-5-19-1977--74772611","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74772611/0650_77_05_19_a_matter_of_customs.mp3","summary":"0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Joan Copeland; Leon Janney; Himan Brown (uncredited). A detective novel enthusiast and her husband go on a sea cruise, where they repeatedly encounter another couple. But one couple's constant changing of husbands arouses suspicion in the other. CBSRMT Trivia: Himan Brown is uncredited as the policeman in act 3.","meta_description":"0650 - A Matter of Customs (5/19/1977) Written by Ian Martin. Directed by Himan Brown. Cast: Mary Jane Higby; Court Benson; Joan Copeland; Leon Janney; Hi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2695,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/episodes/0650-a-matter-of-customs-5-19-1977/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cbs-radio-mystery-theater-restoration-7130600/0650-a-matter-of-customs-5-19-1977.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}